I would simply recommend not to run Postgres on Windows. You are mixing two distinctly different approaches to IT-systems. In that sense Linux is so much more akin to the world Postgres lives in.
Cheers, Jan Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPhone > Op 13 jun 2026 om 23:23 heeft Nicolai <[email protected]> het volgende > geschreven: > > Hi > > I did not use the edb to remove it, I used the installer file and then select > remove. After that I delete the whole folder under c:/program file. Then a > restart of the pc. > > I have tried repair many times > > > Hilsen > > Nicolai Friis > >>> Den 12. jun. 2026 kl. 16.27 skrev Adrian Klaver <[email protected]>: >>> >>> On 6/12/26 5:07 AM, Nicolai Madsen wrote: >>> Hi >>> I had installed Postgres version 18 earlier on my PC, but I want to start >>> over, and remove all of the DB's I have made. I couldn't figure out how to >>> do that, so I googled and was told that I should uninstall postgres, stop >>> the service in the task manager, and then delete the folder under >>> C:/Program Files. AFter that I should restart the PC, and everything should >>> be gone, and ready to be reinstalled. I did that, but each time I am trying >>> to reinstall it, then it doesn't make any folders under Program Files, so >>> the service can't be started. It just give me this warning >>> image.png >>> If I try to reinstall it again, it tells me that it is already installed, >>> and asks me if I want to make a change, repair, or uninstallation. I have >>> tried to choose that it should install the docs also, and then it creates >>> the folder under program files, but it only contains the docs nothing else. >>> I have tried to restart the PC, reinstall it and tried google how to solve >>> this but no solution yet. >>> I hope you could guide me the right way. >> >> 1) Assuming you are using the EDB installer did you follow the instructions >> here?: >> >> https://www.enterprisedb.com/docs/supported-open-source/postgresql/uninstalling/ >> >> 2) Did you try the repair option on the reinstall? >> >>> -- >>> Hilsen >>> Nicolai Friis Madsen >> >> >> -- >> Adrian Klaver >> [email protected] > >
